Well, here it is, the first podcast of the new year. New and improved. There is a large file with better quality and a smaller one that sounds just about the same to me. There is a lot of music in this one, some of my favorites. Charles Mingus, Iwan Falls, Leonard Cohen, Oumou Sangare,…
Libya to build statue of Saddam
Doh! It’s starting already… Libya has said it will build a statue of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, executed in Baghdad on Saturday. It would show him standing on the gallows with a Libyan resistance leader who fought Italian occupation, executed in 1931, Libya’s Jana news agency said. Libya declared three days of mourning after…
Home from the Holidays
I’m sure I’ll write more soon..but I notice that I wasn’t the only one busy over the Holidays. Thanks for sticking with us. In brief…Mink Hippie took me to New York for my birthday (my first time) and we tripped the lights to see the Broadway hit Spamalot, went to the Empire State Building, Staten…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FUKN BOARD!
Please take a moment to extend your wishes of wellness to the chairman today. Chairman of the FUKN board, 1971 (Future U.S. president) John Amos, 1939 (Actor) Marlene Dietrich, 1901 (Actress) Louis Pasteur, 1822 (Scientist)
TSA: Permitted and Prohibited Items
Mink Hippie and I are getting ready to do some travelling. I was checking out the TSA regs before we go and was surprised to see that among the items prohibited are Snowglobes. Also prohibited is pudding in excess of 3 ozs. Sorry Bill Cosby. So in any event, I’ll probably get a chance to…
Merry Christmas…Nepal's Buddha Boy Returns
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A mysterious teenaged boy believed by some to be a reincarnation of Lord Buddha has reappeared in eastern Nepal after vanishing for nine months, a witness and a television channel said on Monday. Sixteen-year-old Ram Bahadur Bamjon was spotted on Sunday by villagers in the remote and dense forests near Piluwa village…
Happy Christmas Eve, Eve!
Wait til you see the apple in your stocking! -cd
Christmas brings strange seasonal crimes
NEW YORK – There’s nobody nice on this Christmas list: snowman stabbers, Grinch snatchers, wreath-robbing weasels. ‘Tis the season for strange crimes by even stranger people, with police blotters expanding faster than a 6-year-old’s wish list of gifts. David Allen Rodgers, 42, was arrested Dec. 3 for driving while intoxicated — at the wheel of…
Christmas Chaos Spans Centuries
By Matt Crenson The Associated Press Published: Friday, December 22, 2006NEW YORK – Once upon a time the holiday season was a quiet time spent with family and friends – simpler, less commercial, more spiritual, nothing like today’s frenzied orgy of consumption. “There are worlds of money wasted, at this time of year, in getting…
Horny Manatee.com
Has anyone else seen this? I’m laughing my ass off…follow the link (thanks Mozy )-cd Horny Manatee.com